[EASY] Root And Install CWM recovery on Micromax Canvas HD A116
- Make sure you have 70% to 80% battery power.
- Enable USB debugging on your Phone: Go to ” Settings > Manage Applications > Development > USB Debugging ”
- Backup your Phone Data such as SMSes and Phone contacts.
- Install the USB drivers on your PC from here.
Steps to Install CWM Recovery on Your Phone
1. Extract the files in Sp Flash Tool.zip file and then execute Flass Tool.exe
2. Now in the Smart Phone Flash Tool Window click on Scatter Loading button and then select MTK Android Scatter emmc.txt file.
3. Now you’ll see several entries in the list in Smart Phone Flash Tool window. You need to only select the Recovery - see image below.
4. Now click on Recovery button on the SPFT window and then locate the recovery.img you downloaded earlier.
5. Now go to Flash tools and Click on USB mode to check and enable it. Now go to Options > DA Download All > Speed > Force to High Speed.
6. Take out battery and SIM of your Micromax HD A116.
7. Now click on Download button on the Smart Phone Flash Tool window. Ignore all warnings and hit YES.
8. Now you need to insert the battery and Connect your Phone to your PC via USB cable while holding the Volume Up key. The flashing process will start.
[alert style="green"] Interrupting the Process can lead to bricking your Phone. [/alert]
9. After the process ends you’ll see a green ring on your phone which indicates that the process was successful.
10. Now reboot your phone in to Recovery Mode. To do so, press and hold the “Volume Up + Volume Down +Power key”. Choose the recovery mode on next screen and you should see CWM Recovery on your Micromax Canvas A116 HD.
After installing CWM recovery lets Root Micromax A116 now.
Steps to Root A116 Canvas HD
Download SU Package and SU BINNow copy the above files to the root of your Phone’s SD card.
Now boot into Recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power key.
While in CWM Recovery do a Wipe Data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition. Then go to advanced and select Wipe dalvik cache.
Now get back to the main menu and select the option – Install Zip from SD card and then scroll and select the Superuser 3.1.3-arm-signed.zip (SU Package). Similarly install SU Bin-3.1.1-arm-signed-.zip.
After the above processes end do a reboot. You’ll see the SuperUser app in the installed apps section which indicates that your A116 Canvas HD is Rooted and has CWM Recovery installed on it.